Sharing is caring! So why wouldn’t you share your favorite sex toy with your partner(s)? If you’re looking for a way to boost your sex life or just inject a bit of excitement into the sex you’re having with your partner, sex toys are a great addition to consider. Ranging from games and activities that […]
Preeclampsia is the leading cause of death and disability, for both mothers and babies, killing approximately 76,000 mothers and 500,000 babies globally every year. Despite this, the only cure at present is to deliver the placenta and the baby, with the potential for long term complications. In recent years stem cell therapies have been investigated […]
Health hazard: fish product is recalled because of contaminants As the Federal office for consumer protection and food safety (BVL) reported, was started due to a possible health risk, a recall for “Neubauer’s Original Brunswick herring salad”. The fish product may contain metallic foreign body. According to the BVL, the product “Neubauer’s Original Brunswick herring […]
(HealthDay)—In a document entitled “Interim Guidance for Basic and Advanced Life Support in Adults, Children, and Neonates With Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19,” published online April 9 in Circulation, recommendations are presented for treating victims of cardiac arrest during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Dana P. Edelson, M.D., from the University of Chicago, and colleagues […]
The race for a COVID-19 vaccine is on, and as the disease continues to upend societies around the world, public health officials are calling upon pharmaceutical companies to share their intellectual property—a move that could speed up research and make any eventual treatment more widely (and easily) accessible, says Northeastern law professor Brook Baker. Sharing […]
Three potential COVID-19 vaccines are making fast progress in early-stage testing in volunteers in China and the U.S., but it’s still a long road to prove if they’ll really work. China’s CanSino Biologics is beginning the second phase of testing its vaccine candidate, China’s Ministry of Science and Technology said Tuesday. In the U.S., a […]
(HealthDay)—Women born by cesarean delivery may have a higher risk for being obese and developing type 2 diabetes during adult life than women born by vaginal delivery, according to a study published online April 13 in JAMA Network Open. Jorge E. Chavarro, M.D., Sc.D., from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, […]
Pharma giants Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline will join forces to work on a coronavirus vaccine they hope will enter clinical trials this year, potentially making it available in the second half of 2021, the companies said Tuesday. The vaccine will combine a Sanofi-developed antigen, which stimulates the production of germ-killing antibodies, with GSK’s adjuvant technology, a […]
As intensive care units and emergency rooms around the world see increasing numbers of patients with COVID-19, resource management and control of transmission are two of the greatest challenges faced by providers. “Rapidly depleting supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE), dwindling access to negative pressure rooms and limited stock of mechanical ventilators pose a threat […]
Today, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) published new COVID-19 guidance for gastroenterologists treating patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): AGA Clinical Practice Update on Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Expert Commentary. While the COVID-19 pandemic is a global health emergency, patients with IBD have particular concerns for their risk for infection […]
